On This Day

Wednesday, May 24, 1989

Standings

AL East

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 21 21 .500 --
Orioles 21 21 .500 0.0
Indians 21 23 .477 1.0
Yankees 20 23 .465 1.5
Tigers 18 25 .419 3.5
Brewers 18 25 .419 3.5
Blue Jays 18 27 .400 4.5

Games

AL West

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 30 15 .667 --
Angels 29 15 .659 0.5
Royals 26 19 .578 4.0
Rangers 24 19 .558 5.0
Mariners 23 23 .500 7.5
Twins 21 23 .477 8.5
White Sox 17 28 .378 13.0

Games

NL East

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 25 19 .568 --
Mets 23 19 .548 1.0
Cardinals 22 21 .512 2.5
Expos 22 23 .489 3.5
Pirates 18 24 .429 6.0
Phillies 18 24 .429 6.0

Games

NL West

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 25 18 .581 --
Giants 24 20 .545 1.5
Padres 24 23 .511 3.0
Dodgers 21 21 .500 3.5
Astros 21 24 .467 5.0
Braves 19 26 .422 7.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Don Mattingly 4
1 Kirby Puckett 4
3 Wade Boggs 3
3 Phil Bradley 3
3 8 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mark Carreon 1
1 Chili Davis 1
1 Rob Deer 1
1 Kirk Gibson 1
1 8 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Johnny Ray 4
2 Pat Borders 3
2 Kirby Puckett 3
4 Steve Balboni 2
4 13 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dave Martinez 2
1 Devon White 2
3 Roberto Alomar 1
3 Brett Butler 1
3 17 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Kevin Gross 1.22
2 Ron Darling 1.00
3 Mike Boddicker 0.75
4 Tim Leary 0.60
5 Bruce Hurst 0.57

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jim Abbott 1
1 Mike Boddicker 1
1 Tom Browning 1
1 Ron Darling 1
1 9 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Kevin Gross 11
2 Ron Darling 7
3 Rick Aguilera 6
3 Mike Boddicker 6
3 2 others tied 6

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rick Aguilera 1
1 Tom Gordon 1
1 Jay Howell 1
1 Greg Minton 1
1 3 others tied 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Will Clark .370
2 Carney Lansford .360
3 Harold Baines .345
4 Rafael Palmeiro .343
5 Terry Steinbach .341

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Kevin Mitchell 14
2 Rob Deer 12
2 Bo Jackson 12
4 Fred McGriff 10
4 3 others tied 10

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Kevin Mitchell 43
2 Julio Franco 41
3 Jeffrey Leonard 34
4 Will Clark 33
4 2 others tied 33

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Cecil Espy 19
1 Tony Gwynn 19
1 Rickey Henderson 19
1 Devon White 19
5 Vince Coleman 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mike Morgan 1.22
2 Jose Rijo 1.57
3 Kirk McCaskill 1.70
4 Mike Bielecki 1.75
5 Orel Hershiser 1.76

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rick Reuschel 8
1 Dave Stewart 8
3 Jeff Ballard 7
4 Chris Bosio 6
4 10 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 79
2 Roger Clemens 65
3 Dwight Gooden 63
4 Frank Viola 62
5 Mark Langston 60

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mark Davis 14
1 Dennis Eckersley 14
1 John Franco 14
4 Mitch Williams 12
5 Mike Schooler 11

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Carney Lansford .447
2 Nelson Liriano .436
3 Rafael Palmeiro .426
4 Barry Larkin .413
5 Will Clark .408

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rob Deer 6
2 Mickey Tettleton 5
3 Brook Jacoby 4
3 Devon White 4
5 15 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rob Deer 13
1 Johnny Ray 13
3 Joe Carter 12
3 Dave Henderson 12
3 Keith Moreland 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Tony Gwynn 8
2 Roberto Alomar 7
3 Devon White 6
4 Joe Carter 5
4 4 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Randy Kramer 0.00
1 Rick Aguilera 0.00
3 John Smoltz 0.56
4 Tim Belcher 0.60
4 Chuck Finley 0.60

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jimmy Key 3
1 Rick Reuschel 3
3 Jim Abbott 2
3 Jeff Ballard 2
3 31 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nolan Ryan 27
2 Frank Viola 24
3 Ron Darling 23
4 Kevin Gross 21
5 2 tied 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dennis Eckersley 4
1 Steve Farr 4
1 Jay Howell 4
1 Mike Schooler 4
5 6 tied 3

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Carney Lansford .402
2 Terry Steinbach .386
3 Rafael Palmeiro .382
4 Nelson Liriano .375
5 Julio Franco .367

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Kevin Mitchell 9
2 Rob Deer 8
2 Mickey Tettleton 8
4 Howard Johnson 7
4 2 others tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Julio Franco 23
1 Ron Kittle 23
1 Paul O'Neill 23
4 Joe Carter 22
4 Johnny Ray 22

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Tony Gwynn 13
2 Devon White 11
3 Ozzie Guillen 10
3 Tim Raines 10
3 Lonnie Smith 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rick Reuschel 0.60
2 Mike Morgan 1.34
3 Chuck Finley 1.49
4 Orel Hershiser 1.50
5 Mike Bielecki 1.60

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rick Mahler 5
1 Rick Reuschel 5
3 Jim Abbott 4
3 Jeff Ballard 4
3 9 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Frank Viola 48
2 Roger Clemens 42
3 Nolan Ryan 41
4 Kevin Gross 40
5 Dwight Gooden 39

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mike Schooler 10
2 John Franco 9
3 Dennis Eckersley 8
4 Steve Farr 7
5 4 tied 6

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Kirby Puckett .358
2 Wade Boggs .355
3 Mike Greenwell .328
4 Tony Gwynn .322
5 Julio Franco .322

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Darryl Strawberry 38
2 Fred McGriff 34
3 Jose Canseco 31
4 Glenn Davis 30
4 2 others tied 30

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mike Greenwell 117
1 Kirby Puckett 117
3 Will Clark 113
4 Dwight Evans 112
5 Ruben Sierra 110

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rickey Henderson 80
2 Vince Coleman 79
3 Otis Nixon 60
4 Gerald Young 52
5 Cecil Espy 47

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Orel Hershiser 2.08
2 Jose Rijo 2.08
3 Tim Belcher 2.37
4 David Cone 2.53
5 Allan Anderson 2.54

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Orel Hershiser 23
2 Rick Reuschel 22
3 Danny Jackson 21
3 Dave Stewart 21
5 3 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Roger Clemens 254
2 Nolan Ryan 239
3 David Cone 216
4 Mark Langston 213
5 Jose DeLeon 207

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 John Franco 48
2 Dennis Eckersley 45
3 Jeff Reardon 41
4 Mark Davis 38
4 Doug Jones 38